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Contents CD 1 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; New Symphony Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent MONO RECORDINGS CD 2 NICCOLÒ PAGANINI (1782–1840) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6 & Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra / Anthony Collins MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937) Tzigane – Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet MONO RECORDINGS (Paganini) ∙ STEREO RECORDING (Ravel) CD 3 JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957) Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Sérénade mélancolique; Scherzo (from Souvenir d’un lieu cher) Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra / Øivin Fjeldstad ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903–1978) Violin Concerto in D minor Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Anatole Fistoulari STEREO RECORDINGS CD 4 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 MAX BRUCH (1838–1920) Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra / Piero Gamba STEREO RECORDINGS CD 5 SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 & Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet STEREO RECORDINGS CD 6 ÉDOUARD LALO (1823–1892) Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet PABLO DE SARASATE (1844–1908) Carmen – Fantaisie de concert, Op. 25 & Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 No. 1 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) Havanaise, Op. 83 & Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra / Piero Gamba STEREO RECORDINGS CD 7 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59 ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, B.108 Ruggiero Ricci, violin; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent STEREO RECORDINGS CD 8 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, MWV O14 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, TH.59 & Swan Lake, Op. 20 (excerpts) Ruggiero Ricci, violin; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean Fournet (Concertos); Anatole Fistoulari (Swan Lake) STEREO RECORDINGS CD 9 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 & Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 ‘Mozartiana’ Ruggiero Ricci, violin; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet STEREO RECORDINGS CD 10 NICCOLÒ PAGANINI (1782–1840) Caprices, Op. 1 (1950 Recording) MONO RECORDINGS CD 11 NICCOLÒ PAGANINI (1782–1840) Caprices, Op. 1 (1959 Recording) STEREO RECORDINGS CD 12 BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945) Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz.117 IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971) Elégie for Solo Violin SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Sonata in D major for Solo Violin, Op. 115 PAUL HINDEMITH (1895–1963) Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 1 7 Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 2 STEREO RECORDINGS CD 13 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750) Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001 Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 ANTON WEBER (1883–1945) Six Sonates Progressives for Violin and Piano, Op. 10 Carlo Bussotti, piano MONO RECORDINGS CD 14 RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949) Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18 SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a Carlo Bussotti, piano MONO RECORDINGS CD 15 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 Friedrich Gulda, piano MONO RECORDINGS CD 16 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1883–1897) Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Julius Katchen, piano PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED 1954 RECORDINGS MONO RECORDINGS CD 17 JOHANNES BRAHMS (1883–1897) Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Julius Katchen, piano MONO RECORDINGS CD 18 PABLO DE SARASATE (1844–1908) 8 Danzas Españolas Caprice Basque, Op. 24 Introduction et Tarantelle, Op. 43 Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Louis Persinger, piano MONO RECORDINGS CD 19 NICCOLÒ PAGANINI (1782–1840) Le Streghe, Op. 8 (arr. Kreisler) Fantasia on the G string (after Rossini’s ‘Mosè in Egitto’) Moto perpetuo, Op. 11 Introduction and Variations on ‘Nel cor più non mi sento’ for solo violin Variations on ‘God Save the King’, Op. 9 La Campanella (arr. Kochanski) Sonata in E minor, Op. 3 No. 6 I Palpiti, Op. 13 (arr. Kreisler) Louis Persinger, piano MONO RECORDINGS CD 20 HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835–1880) Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16 EDWARD ELGAR (1857–1934) La Capricieuse, Op. 17 FRANZ VON VECSEY (1893–1935) Caprice No. 1 for Violin and Piano: Le Vent WILLIAM KROLL (1901–1980) Banjo and Fiddle FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849) Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth. (Trans. Milstein) BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824–1884) Andantino (Z domoviny) JOSEF SUK (1874–1935) Burleska (Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17 No. 4) JOSEPH ACHRON (1886–1943) Hebrew Melody PABLO DE SARASATE (1844–1908) Jota aragonesa, Op. 27 JENŐ HUBAY (1858–1937) Der Zephir (from 6 Blumenleben for Violin and Piano, Op. 30 No. 5) MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI (1854–1925) Guitarre, Op. 45 No. 2 (arr. Sarasate) ANTONIO BAZZINI (1818–1897) La Ronde des Lutins – scherzo fantastique, Op. 25 Ernest Lush, piano STEREO RECORDINGS The most complete tribute ever issued to the fiendish fingers and sublime artistry of a true virtuoso, Ruggiero Ricci: a feast of concerto, solo and recital repertoire recorded by Ricci, collected together for the first time, and including a previously unpublished set of the Brahms Violin Sonatas. Born Roger Rich to an Italian immigrant father on a Californian army base in 1918, he became Ruggiero Ricci when he was introduced to the New York musical public as a child prodigy violinist. By the time of his debut on Decca – the Tchaikovsky Concerto conducted by Sargent in 1950 – he was an experienced performer and recording artist who had already stunned audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with the solo-violin repertoire he would make his own: not only Bach but also Ysaÿe, Wieniawski and most of all Paganini, whose Caprices he was the first to record complete later in 1950. At the close of the Tchaikovsky sessions, the musicians of the New Symphony Orchestra burst into spontaneous applause. A new and typically illuminating essay by Tully Potter on Ricci’s life and recorded legacy draws on previously unpublished correspondence and sheds light on the background to many of these recordings. Notable records of Ricci’s famous cantabile in concerto repertoire include a hugely influential Paganini album with Anthony Collins and a gripping account of the Sibelius with Øivin Fjeldstad. There are two recordings of the Mendelssohn (1957 and 1974), the first with another ‘prodigy’, the conductor Piero Gamba, and the second recorded in Decca’s Phase 4 stereo with Jean Fournet. He strikes sparks in partnership with Ernest Ansermet for Ravel’s Tzigane and the solos in Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suites. These (Suites Nos. 3 and 4) as well as sections featuring the solo violin, from the Fistoulari ‘Phase 4’ recording of Swan Lake, are included in this collection. Decca partnered Ricci with several notable pianists for recital repertoire, starting with his former teacher Louis Persinger and including Friedrich Gulda. Many of these chamber recordings (a Sarasate album, sonatas by Weber, Richard Strauss and Prokofiev) were made not in the Decca studios but in Ricci’s home in New Jersey. While he recorded the Second and Third Brahms Sonatas with Julius Katchen in London in 1957, he also taped the cycle of three sonatas at home with Katchen three years earlier. These 1954 performances are issued here for the first time: essential listening for all fans of great violin playing |